Publishers Weekly's New Self-Publishing Site, Mark Twain's Racism, and More

Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today’s stories:

British performance poet Kate Tempest released a genre-bending hip-hop album this week; the author will adapt the record—which is being called a "rap narrative"—into a novel, which will be published by Bloomsbury later this year. Picador will also publish Tempest's debut poetry collection this year. (Independent)